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CS/HB 575: Agriculture

GENERAL BILL by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee ; Albritton ; Raburn ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Beshears ; Boyd ; Bracy ; Coley ; Combee ; Fresen ; Hood ; Hudson ; La Rosa ; Mayfield ; Perry ; Pigman ; Pilon ; Porter ; Raschein ; Raulerson ; Van Zant

Agriculture; Authorizes property appraiser to grant agricultural classification for land under certain circumstances; provides that participation in certain dispersed water storage programs does not change land's agricultural classification for assessment purposes unless land is diverted to nonagricultural use; revises definition of term "agricultural production to include storage of raw products on farm; expands sales & use tax exemption for certain farm equipment; exempts sale of certain trailers from sales & use tax; exempts stakes used to support plants during agricultural production from sales & use tax; authorizes private landowners who have entered into agreement with DACS to implement specified best management practices to establish baseline condition of wetlands & other surface waters before making improvements.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 5/2/2014 House - Died in Finance and Tax Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7091 (Ch. 2014-150)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/13/2014 House • Filed
1/27/2014 House • Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 49
2/28/2014 House • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee, 03/04/14, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall
3/4/2014 House • Introduced -HJ 49
• CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 219
3/10/2014 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 211
3/12/2014 House • Now in Finance and Tax Subcommittee -HJ 277
5/2/2014 House • Died in Finance and Tax Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7091 (Ch. 2014-150)